The Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. Moshood Nassar, and other members of the institution’s Governing Council, were attacked by armed robbers, it was leant yesterday.
A corporal attached to Nassar was killed in the incident which happened last Thursday.
The Rector was also shot in the arm.
The team was on an inspection tour to the Saki satellite campus when it was attacked by the hoodlums.
They had visited the Eruwa campus before heading to Saki.
The policeman simply identified as Hassan, was said to have shot one of the robbers who suddenly jumped on the road to stop the convoy.
But other members of the gang emerged from their hideout and ordered all those on the convoy to prostrate on the road.
The robbers fired seversl shots at the policeman, and he died on the spot.
The institution’s spokesman, Mr. Soladoye Adewole, said members of the Governing Council were on an inspection tour of projects on the institution’s campuses when they were attacked.
"It was on a neighbouring community, Maya’s market day. The robbers had earlier robbed some other people before they got there," Adewole said.
Police boss Baba Adisa Bolata confirmed the incident.
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